St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-08
THOSE BOMBS.
How They Probably Came Into
Iingg'S Possession.


CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-The scheme to fur
nish Lingg with the bombs which were
discovered in his cell yesterday was evil
IDENTIFY carefully thought out by some of
his cO-partnerS in crime on the outside.
Several days ago fancy soap box was
brought to the Jail, and Just now in the
heat of the excitement the officials say
they cannot remember who delivered it.
They may know who it was, but if thew
do they won't say until they have made
some arrests. A haSty examination dis
closed the fact that to all appearances it
contained nothing more than a few deli
cacieS for which even such "human
tiger'' as Lingg has an appetite. Had
the police and deputies known that
there were bombs lying around loose in
such close proximity they would not
have felt so easy, but they were in ignor-
ance of any danger, and they would
probably have continued so had it not
been for the raid on Lingg'S cell. 1t was
then that the insignificant looking soap
box was found to have false bottom,
and it was underneath it that the four
bombs had been smuggled into the jail.
In regard to yesterdays discovery of
bombs in the county Jail and Lingg
JUDGE GARY SAID
concerning the latter: ''He is generally
looked upon as the most desperate of
the condemned men, and undoubtedly
he intended to blow up the building and
kill as many people as possible. The
fact that he had armed himself with
four of the deadly weapons would seem
to indicate that he was determined to
do as much damage as he could, / sup
pose this will tend to alarm the people
and will create most decided sensa-
ton. am not worrying over my pros
poets. l expect to live a while yet, any
how. One of my lady neighbOrS is afraid
her windows will be broken when my
house is blown up. | feel sorry for her,
and shall try to hold down my house in
order to save her windows. l hate to
have my friends suffer on my account"
"What effect will this he likely to
have on the future history of the case?"
Il will not speak on that subject"
In regard to the statement published
in some of the papers that he would
soon give the public the benefit OF his
views OH the appeal for clemency, Judge
Gary said that he had not informed any
one that such was his intention.
There are certain features of this case
on which l will not spoak, he said, land
that is one of them"
LlNGG hEHUDlA1ED.
This afternoon w. NJ. Salter. who has
been working in company with II. ID.
Lloyd to secure the signatures of prom
inent citizens to a request for cOmmuta-
tatiOn of the sentence against the
anarchists, asked Spies to say plainly
what he knew about the boOmbs found
in Lingg's cell yesterday. Spies wrote
the following, and TO it are appended the
signatures of Fielden and Schwab:
''Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 7.-Mr. Salter:
1t is useless for me and my friends to
say that we had no knowledge of any
thing of the kind. No sane man would
have bombs in his cell, or countenance
any such thing in a cell. Think of it!
Subject to search at any moment and at
all times! The first intimation re-
ceived of the matter came
from Sheriff Matson last even
ing. 1 could not believe it
at first, and can hardly believe it now.
nine months. / don't know much of
him, but / think that he is mono
maniac. Had only seen him once or
twice before we were put together and
charged with conspiracy. l don't
believe that a single one of the other
prisoners had even as much as SuS-
piciOn, for, otherwise, they would un-
doubtedly have reasoned the man out of
his folly. What use was he going to
make of the shells? Throw them into
the jail? What intention, what object
could there have been in such an under
taking? l repeat, no sane man would
be capable of such thing. Lingg, as far
as l can jndge him,
SEEKS TO BE MARTYRED,
and, to be candid, would like the rest
of us to go with him. Did he put those
instruments into his cell so that they
might be found? This is the question l
have been asking myself. If he had
them there for any purpose this Is the
only one that looks plausible to me. He
wants to die, thinking thereby to help
the cause of labor, but he wanted US to
die also. Perhaps he thought that the
best and surest way to bring this about
was to place few bombs in his cell.
have never met as peculiar man as he
is before in my life, and for almost
year have considered him